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Easter Celebrations

Sally McIntosh 17 April 2025 No Comments

You are invited to join us in celebrating the Easter Triduum (Holy Thursday, Good Friday and the Easter Vigil) and Easter Sunday. Everyone is welcome.

From the Parish House

Our Lady of Pentecost 5 April 2024 4 Comments

Thank you to the many people who participated in the Easter Liturgies across our parishes. There were over 2,000 people in our three Churches over the days of the Easter…

Easter Message

Our Lady of Pentecost 16 April 2022 No Comments

The sunflower is the national flower of Ukraine from where the worlds largest supply of sunflower oil is produced. Apparently in days gone by the Ukrainian Orthodox Church banned the…

Living Lent

Our Lady of Pentecost 8 April 2022 No Comments

Holy Week Holy Week begins with Palm Sunday, and of course concludes with the three holy days of Holy Thursday, Good Friday and Holy Saturday night which extends into Easter…

Living Lent

Our Lady of Pentecost 1 April 2022 No Comments

Lent and the Consequences of our Actions Over the last several centuries, there has been a quite legalistic way of viewing sinful human actions, and indeed of understanding God. This…

Living Lent

Our Lady of Pentecost 25 March 2022 No Comments

Lent and the Image of God in us During Lent, the term ‘self-denial’ is often used. It can be misunderstood easily. A better term would be self-constraint. We do not…

Living Lent

Our Lady of Pentecost 18 March 2022 No Comments

Lent and the Catechumenate Historically, the Easter season (from Easter to Pentecost) developed earlier than Lent. In the early centuries of the Church, the sense of the resurrection was vibrant. …

Living Lent

Our Lady of Pentecost 11 March 2022 No Comments

One Season: Lent and Easter In the recent past, Lent has been given much more emphasis than the season of Easter. There was a sense that once Easter Sunday came,…

Living Lent

Our Lady of Pentecost 4 March 2022 No Comments

Ash Wednesday: Repent and Believe in the Gospel The two phrases that are used while ashes are sprinkled upon us on Ash Wednesday emphasise different aspects of the Lent that…

Project Compassion 2022

Our Lady of Pentecost 25 February 2022 No Comments

“The future starts today, not tomorrow.” As we envision the future and look forward to all the wonder that 2022 is yet to bring, we should also take this opportunity…

Living Lent

Our Lady of Pentecost 25 February 2022 No Comments

Ash Wednesday and Easter Ash Wednesday is integral to the celebration of the whole season of Lent and Easter. There are two sets of words which accompany the receiving of…

Living Lent

Our Lady of Pentecost 18 February 2022 1 Comment

Lent is at the door! We seem to have barely finished celebrating Christmas and yet here we are on the threshold of Lent and so of Easter. Ash Wednesday is…

Acknowledgement of Country

We acknowledge the Traditional Owners and Custodians of Country throughout Australia and acknowledge their continuing connection to land, waters and community. We pay our respects to the people, the cultures and the Elders past and present.

Safeguarding

At Our Lady of Pentecost Parish we hold the care, safety and well being of children and young people as a central and fundamental responsibility of our parishes.

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